Obituaries

Richard Charles Hill

1924 - 2013

Richard Hill

Richard Charles Hill was born Sept. 28, 1924 in Alhambra, Calif. He died May 2, 2013.Mr. Hill served in the U.S. Army Air Corps on the island of Tinian during World War II.After the war he attended the University of California Los Angeles and studied mathematics to become a high school math teacher, but instead he went to work for the family company: Hill Brothers Chemical Company. He married Marion Kinman in 1950. Mr. Hill was a Rotarian. He was very active in helping to establish a United Methodist Church in Hacienda Heights, Calif. He retired in 1991, and moved to Payson 2006. His descendants are Suzanne M. Hill-Knighton, Robert C. Hill and Bryan R. Hill. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m., Saturday, May 11 at Messinger Payson Funeral Home.